Code of Federal Regulations Title 33. Navigation and Navigable Waters § 33.165.1336 Regulated Navigation Area;  Pacific Sound Resources and Lockheed Shipyard Superfund Sites, Elliott Bay, Seattle, WA

(1) All waters inside an area beginning at a point on the shore at 47°35' 02.7” N 122°22'23.00” W;  thence north to 47°35'26.00” N 122°22'23.00” W;  thence east to 47°35'26.00” N 122°21'52.50” W;  thence south to 47°35'10.80” N 122°21'52.50” W;  thence southwest to a point on the shoreline at 47°35'05.9” N 122°21'58.00” W. [Datum:  NAD 1983].

(2) All waters inside an area beginning at 47°34' 52.16” N 122°21'27.11” W;  thence to 47°34' 53.46” N 122°21'30.42” W;  thence to 47°34' 37.92” N 122°21'30.51” W;  thence to 47°34' 37.92” N 122°21'27.65” W. [Datum:  NAD 1983].

(1) All vessels and persons are prohibited from activities that would disturb the seabed, such as anchoring, dragging, trawling, spudding, or other activities that involve disrupting the integrity of the sediment caps installed in the designated regulated navigation area, pursuant to the remediation efforts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and others in the Pacific Sound Resources and Lockheed Shipyard EPA superfund sites. Vessels may otherwise transit or navigate within this area without reservation.

(2) The prohibition described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section does not apply to vessels or persons engaged in activities associated with remediation efforts in the superfund sites, provided that the Captain of the Port, Puget Sound (COTP), is given advance notice of those activities by the EPA.

(3) Nothing in this section is intended to conflict with treaty fishing rights of the Muckleshoot and Suquamish tribes, and they are not restricted from any type of fishing in the described area.